Xanax and the Rabbit Hole

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4. nothing new here

One of the most prescribed drugs was Valium in the 50's and early 60's, until they found out as much as a double dose and 4 ounces of alcohol could be deadly.
Amphetimines were handed out in the 60's and early 70's. I knew girls in college in the early 70's who could get a prescription even if they looked like models; all they had to say was they wanted to drop 5 pounds and they were too tired to study. Didn't really need a scrip; you could buy them for as little as 50 cents each. Take it about midnight, study all night, take your test in the morning and, two or three beers later you could crash and sleep 12 hours. My roommate had all of his classes on Tuesday and Thursday, and stayed up every Monday and Wednesday and had the weekends free. He was somewhat thin, which meant dropping 15 pounds was not good for him.